25 Creative Uses of Cosmetics: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Www.astorybooklife.com. Have Some Fun With Your Easter Eggs This Year! I don’t know about you, but for me, there’s nothing like a pile of freshly boiled eggs and the smell of vinegar to bring back wonderful childhood memories of the day before Easter… around the table with my family! And… because eggs are so inexpensive this time of year, you should take a few minutes around the kitchen table, to create some memories… and a masterpiece with your little ones! The number of ways to decorate an egg are limitless, but I thought I would share a few of my favorites with you today. Painted Eggs To keep your eggs to use every year, blow the egg out, wash & dry, then paint with regular acrylic paints. I love how these painted eggs were hung on a “blooming” apple branch!
Stick Ons Decorate with stickers, stamps, or scrapbook notions. Natural Dye This year, instead of purchasing a regular “same old, same old” egg dying kit, try using some of the food from your kitchen to color your eggs! Yellow Onion Skins Grandma’s Quilt Eggs. Animaris Umerus walking - June '09. Pg_folly. Eggshell Carving Art. Eggshell Carving Art Egg decoration is an old form of art, that has been on for centuries.
In modern times egg decoration has taken a new form, carving designs on egg shells, its so detailed and precise. Artists use real egg shells to make various designs, which are intricately carved using cutting tools, drills etc. 10 Comments: kassandra said... It's incredible! April 13, 2010 at 9:39 AM Jason said... Wow! April 21, 2010 at 9:43 PM Anonymous said... oh my god...THIS IS BRILLIANT. April 30, 2010 at 10:59 AM I can reproduce small animals with my own shit and my bare hand. May 10, 2010 at 12:42 PM How delicate his work. June 26, 2010 at 7:25 PM this is insane. August 7, 2010 at 6:18 PM funkinthenight said...
I wonder how they get hollowed out. September 12, 2010 at 5:01 PM Salute Consigli said... Nice Post September 23, 2010 at 4:36 AM Pia N said... They are really incredible April 8, 2012 at 5:11 AM Ajay Kumar said... where can i get the tool to make this art please tell August 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM Post a Comment. Drowning Beautiful | The Beauty of Paper Art - Smashing Magazine. Mental_floss Blog » 10 Awesomely Geeky Birthday Cakes. How to Make an Orca (Shachi) from a Plastic Straw (with pictures) Edited by TOHGIN minako, Krystle, Flickety, Eric and 12 others You might not think you could create a creature as powerful as the 鯱 (pronounced "shachi," which means "killer whale," or "orca" in Japanese) out of a plastic straw, but you can. Follow along with this step-by-step guide to make your own delicate orca.
Ad Steps 1Note the terminology applying to each piece of the straw. This diagram shows how the pieces of the straw will be used to make the orca. The short end will be the tail, while the two long, thin pieces will be the stand (stick in the diagram) and the backbone. 12 Add eyes. Tips When you're pinching the straw and cutting it into thin sticks, consider using safety scissors. Gift Ideas for poor creative souls (6) You know how it goes, a friend calls you and invites you to dinner at the last minute. OMG! What gift can you take?! You scrabble around the cupboards trying to find a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine but find that most of the chocolates have been eaten and the wine has gone. I thought this was a wonderful idea. You could make a few of these and keep them to one side for just such an occasion. You don't need many materials for this and it looks relatively simple to do.
Supplies: Patterned paper-one 12 x 12" sheet. These directions will give you one flower. 1. 4. 5. Tip: For single sided paper. 6. Note: Florist tape is stretchy, just play with it and pull gently but firmly as you move down the stem. 7. Note, you will have to play around with the height of the petals, and where on the petal you start your tape. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. For tutorials on how to market yourself online, go here. Sachiko Kodama: The Art and Science of Ferrofluid | Body Pixel. Sachiko Kodama explores within her artwork ‘The Art and Science of Ferrofluid’ the pulsating nature of science and amorphous character of time and space based on the shape of magnetic waves… Sachiko Kodama: The Art and Science of Ferrofluid Photos taken from Kontejner The Japanese female artist Sachiko Kodama was born in 1970.
As a child she spent a lot of time in the southernmost part of Japan. This area is rich in tropical flowers and plants, edged by the sea, and washed with warm rain. Sachiko loved art and literature from an early age, but also had a strong interest in science. Sachiko Kodama: The Art and Science of Ferrofluid Photo taken from Kontejner After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, in 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media.
Sachiko Kodama: The Art and Science of Ferrofluid Photo taken from barrettdesigns.com. Kinetic BMW. Fire_Works____by_MattTheSamurai. Sci Fi Foods We Wish Actually Existed. Starcraft Origami. I came across these really cool Starcraft origami pictures. Starcraft and Brood Wars are definitely some of my favorite games of all time. Looks like something a Japanese guy with a lot time would do. These pictures are from gluek's flickr album. Big armies face off Guardians! Look at that reaver Carriers! Zerg army Hydralisk, very versatile Looks like a mutalisk A scout, generally not worth the money Tank, the reason why Terran owns Ultralisk, my favorite origami Labels: amazing stuff, games. Papercut Projects By Peter Callesen. 8 Incredible LEGO Mods - The Most Incredible LEGO Models Ever Constructed.
The LEGO Difference Engine (Photo by Andrew Carroll) In 1822, Charles Babbage proposed the idea of a difference engine, a hand-cranked machine that could evaluate high-order polynomials with precise accuracy. The idea wasn't realized until 1991, when the London Science Museum built the machine according to Babbage's updated 1847 design. The motivation to build a LEGO difference engine, which can calculate up to third-order polynomials to four digits, is in part "a wistful sort of ‘what might have been' had Charles Babbage actually gotten his machine to work," says Andrew Carroll, the designer. Pinball in Parts (Photo by pinballnews.com) One of the world's greatest pinball-machine mods, this is a real coin-operated pinball machine made out of more than 20,000 LEGO blocks. Block Cello (Photo by brickartist.com) "It was very challenging to attach cello strings to the cello, but I wanted the authenticity for the piece," says LEGO brick artist Nathan Sawaya.
A Fully Functional Air Conditioner. 20051125-4530 Atlantis Interior.jpg (JPEG Image, 3008x2000 pixels) - Scaled (41%) A Matter of Taste. Cool Art from Everyday Objects. "QUANTUM SHOT" #320link "Found" objects + "mixed media" = fanciful art As a sort of combined follow-up to our "Robotic Art" series (see parts 1, 2 & 3) and recently popular "New ways to play with an old hardware", we gathered more examples of creative recycling and artistic experimentation with mixed media and "everyday" objects. Maybe it'll inspire you to go tinker in your own kitchen and yard - hoping that your wife would understand and maybe even share the excitement. Frog Enhancement Sculptures - Frogs just want to have fun. Mila Kalnitskaya & Micha Maslennikov decided that Mother Nature cheated frogs out of the ability to fly, so they need some outside help for that. (image credit: mi-mi) Recycle your computer: new ideas What, you still have your old computer hanging around and not playing part in your home improvement?
Make some light fixtures: or a custom camera stand: (images credit: Alex Andromeda) (image credit: exler) Make yourself an office pet: Improve your accessories: +StumbleUpon. VERTEBRATA on the Behance Network. Bad ass LEGO Tattoo – Pilot Extra-fine. Bad ass LEGO Tattoo – Pilot Extra-fine A awesome ad for ball-pen “Pilot Extra-fine“, with some crazy Bad ass Tattoo on LEGO figurines ! I love it ! Created by Grey agency (Barcelona). 1:6 Scale V For Vendetta Figure. DC Direct DC Direct announced the upcoming release (June 24, 2009) of the 1:6 scale V figure from V for Vendetta. The piece is dressed in the intricate and authentically detailed costume from the film adaptation of the classic comic, V displays his signature black cloak, as well as a removable hat, a non-removable mask, interchangeable hands and several character-specific accessories. Look for it to retail around $125 each.
Victorian "rather sinister" artificial arm and hand. Hydra Modern Piano by Apostol Tnokovski. Lady Gaga, This One Is Because Of You If you have a bone to pick with regards to the designing of the Hydra Piano, you better fight Lady Gaga then. Apostol Tnokovski was enjoying one of her performances on the telly, when he realized that the old, boxy piano was a misfit on her stage! Aghast, he took to the drawing board and came up with this unique, some-what flowing concept that looks stunning in pure glossy white or black. To make matters complicated, the inspiration also comes from the mythological sea monster “Hydra”. Wonder who would perform better on stage shows…monster Hydra Lady Gaga or the piano! Designer: Apostol Tnokovski. Nice tool set! Mirko Siakkou-Flodin. ” My desire as an metal artist working internationally is to design artwork which fits into the broader cultural context as well as the ambiance of the desired setting.
Therefore, I strive to combine the site specific natural and architectural lines with traditional and historical themes to create something both unique and representational for the piece in its setting. ” – Mirko Siakkou-Flodin. LEGO Firearms Actually Shoot LEGO Bricks (16 pics) | Stewpig.com | Entertaining the world EVERYDAY. Jack Streat’s LEGO firearms are cool enough to look at, but the fact they actually work makes them uber-cool. Witha passion for LEGO and guns, there was just one thing Jack Streat could do, and that’s create an extensive collection of LEGO firearms that actually shoot LEGO bricks. From the common AK-47 to the Uzzi and even a working minigun, Jack Streat has created a large part of today’s military arsenal and even made videos of each weapon in action.
Sandcastles (9 pics) How to Paint Seven Samurai Still on the Wall (10 pics) Literal Movie Posters (15 pics) Great Art by Gilbert Legrand (21 pics) Vinyl Record Bowls (8 pics) DIY Coin Ring (14 pics) Superhero Girls (28 pics) Oktoberfest Body Art (11 pics) Dalton Ghetti Creates Amazing Art On The Tips Of Used Pencils - Green Diary. Most of us will agree with the age-old saying that “patience is a virtue.” How many of you, however, would actually hang on for two years and a half to bring a piece of art into existence? Dalton Ghetti, 49, a Bridgeport artist, has spent 25 good years working with a razor blade, a sewing needle and a sculpting knife for carving his unique art on the graphite of pencil.
The artist says: I don’t make money from it but I would love a gallery owner in England to fly me over and put on a show. The inclination to fashion something new did not surface all of a sudden. Seven Deadly Wine Glasses. They seem to encompass both the sins and the punishments: Pride: You have a bigger glass, and flaunt it, but can’t actually drink the wine you have and have to carry it everywhere (like a big ego).
Wrath: Well, it is basically a glass knife. That you drink from. Thus stabbing your own face. Greed: You have tubes that hold extra wine that you don’t need, and because of the shape, you can’t even enjoy half of it. Lust: It is designed in such a way that it both functions as a nipple and must be held by another person; But it is also difficult to drink from because you hobble yourself, as drinking from an effing hamster-ball can’t be easy. Sloth: This one’s already been pretty much explained. Envy: You have a uniquely shaped glass, which looks neat, and you want the wine that everyone else is having, but trying to have both causes you to lose the wine; As the old proverb goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
- Obvious Winner - Guardian Dragon: The Most Awesomest Fence Ever. Vehicles made of cardboard | Email Junk. Pencil Carving. Synaptic Stimuli. <Influks.com> Very cool metal sculptures by Pierre Matter. Believe It or Not : These are Cakes | Text, Years, Russian, Petersburg, Happy. 833844.jpg (JPEG Image, 2048x1536 pixels) - Scaled (40.